tin
IPA: tˈɪn
noun
- (uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
- (New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, Britain, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.
- (countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.
- (countable, squash) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
- (slang, dated, uncountable) money, especially silver money.
- (slang, uncountable) computer hardware.
- (US, Philippines, finance) Initialism of taxpayer identification number.
verb
- (transitive) To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
- (transitive) To cover with tin.
- (transitive) To coat with solder
- To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint
- To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire
adjective
- Made of tin.
- Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.
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Examples of "tin" in Sentences
- The tin prevents the can from rusting.
- The ears of the oxen were made of tin.
- The roof of the building was made of tin.
- Finally, the salad is garnished with tinned anchovies.
- One of the canisters was wrapped in cadmium, and one in tin.
- (I love tins, as you can see, and the flour tin is my favorite.)
- How long is a Tin or aluminium can of beef eatable after production
- Tinplate consists of sheet iron coated with tin and then run through rollers.
- His enlarger combines sheet metal, two fence slats, a light bulb and a tin can.
- You can try a combination of fresh, tinned and even some concentrated tomato paste for a rustic repast.
- It is the fifth town allowed for the coining tin, and several of the ships called tin-ships are laden here.
- Unfortunately, there are many thousands who will open a tin, take out what they want, and _leave the remainder in the tin_.
- _bruit-tan_, "the land of tin:" the former term being supposed to be Celtic for _tin_, and the latter a termination with the sense of _land_: or than
- Trademark exists to protect us, the public, from those who would fraudulently confuse their products with ones we're familiar with: in other words, when we crack open a can of Coke, we have the right to be sure that what's in the tin is the real deal, the pure Black Waters of American Imperialism, and not Crazy Joe's Discount Soda Beverage.
- Three months later, when the Methodists opened their regular winter revival, Mehronay, becoming enraged at what he called the tin-horn clothes of the travelling evangelist conducting the meetings, began to make fun of him in the paper; and, as a revivalist in a church is a sacred person while the meetings are going on, we had to kill Mehronay's items about the revival; whereupon, his professional pride being hurt,